Big C said:

---

Especially in these days of NIL and unlimited transfers, asking for fan support based on loyalty is likely to be ineffective.

---

That sums it up for me. Up until NIL and portal, we stood fast with student-athletes - you remember the ones that came to Cal for the degree? The JT era ushered in the elite players who cared little about the degree and then money started flowing everywhere. I am a loyal Cal grad along with my dad, and followed football mostly starting in l958. After all these years of enjoying Berkeley for a game weekend with the family - I am without them now and want to hang my Cal hat on wins.